Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes

Mix together:

3 C. flour                                 2 C. sugar            

½ C. cocoa                               1 tsp. salt                 2 tsp. soda

Add:

2/3 C. oil                                 2 C. water                 2 Tb. vinegar                      2 tsp. vanilla

          Fill cupcake papers 2/3 full of above mixture

Filling:

1 lg. pkg. cream cheese            1 egg

1/3 C. sugar                                      ¼ tsp. salt

Mix together until fluffy then add 1 pkg. chocolate chips. 

          Drop one heaping teaspoonful of cream cheese mixture into each cupcake.  Bake for 25 min. at 350.  

**After they cool from baking, I refrigerate them over night and serve them cool the next day. I like them better this way! Refrigerate to keep fresh because of the cream cheese.